Description: Move past Power Point and let your images tell the story in a whole new way. Perfect for learning how to present your own family or vacation pictures in new, exciting ways, or for your students to showcase their own learning. We will explore several web-based tools that will take your pictures to the next level.
Dates / Times Offered: April 14 4 - 5 pm
April 21 3 - 4pm
Seats Available: 14 for each session * This course can be delivered by request at your school.
Web 2.0 Tools for Educators
Contact Hours: This will vary depending on your interests. Participants will have the opportunity to receive up to 16 PLU contact hours based on the number and type of modules completed. Each module will address a specific type of Web 2.0 application. Upon successful completion of a module, a certificate will be issued to you. It is NOT necessary to specify which modules you intend on pursuing in advance.
Description: The Internet has evolved opening up a host of applications that educators can utilize, even in the one-computer classroom. This ten session course will explore the topics below and how they can be incorporated into the classroom, for professional, and/or for personal use. (Topics may be altered / substituted with advanced notice). All modules include short assignments and mini-projects to demonstrate newly acquired skills.
Participants will receive details about their assignments through a course website, which will be given to you after registration. Not all course modules may be ready at once.
Course Name
PLU Contact Hours
What is Web 2.0? How are teachers using these tools? (REQUIRED / ONLINELIVE)
1 hr
Wild About Wikis
3 hrs
Social Bookmarking for Educators
1.5 hrs
RSS Feeds: "Really Simple Subscriptions" - Easy tracking of updates to your favorite sites
1.5 hrs.
Mining Flickr For Educational Resource Nuggets / Creative Commons Licensing
Digital Storytelling Part I - Structure of a story (planning)
Digital Storytelling Part II - The tools
3 hrs
Blogging in the classroom: Why and How?
2 hrs
Podcasting: Listening, Creating, Publishing
2 hrs
Collaborative Creations: Using online collaborative tools for planning, producing, and presenting
2 hrs
Total Possible Contact Hours
16 hrs
Dates / Times Offered: This course will be delivered online. There will be "office" hours where participants and the course facilitator will have the opportunity for live, online interaction and instruction, but the majority of the coursework can be completed on your own. There will be several "Begin" dates, which will allow for course participants to join into the class on a rolling basis.
Session #3 Begin Date #3: March 11, 20008
Office Hours will be from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. ALL participants will be required to check in during this time frame on their BEGIN date. It will last no longer than 30 minutes and the course introduction will be offered twice during that time period.
Free Digital Storytelling Tools
Contact Hours: 1Description: Move past Power Point and let your images tell the story in a whole new way. Perfect for learning how to present your own family or vacation pictures in new, exciting ways, or for your students to showcase their own learning. We will explore several web-based tools that will take your pictures to the next level.
Dates / Times Offered: April 14 4 - 5 pm
April 21 3 - 4pm
Seats Available: 14 for each session
* This course can be delivered by request at your school.
Web 2.0 Tools for Educators
Contact Hours: This will vary depending on your interests. Participants will have the opportunity to receive up to 16 PLU contact hours based on the number and type of modules completed. Each module will address a specific type of Web 2.0 application. Upon successful completion of a module, a certificate will be issued to you. It is NOT necessary to specify which modules you intend on pursuing in advance.Description: The Internet has evolved opening up a host of applications that educators can utilize, even in the one-computer classroom. This ten session course will explore the topics below and how they can be incorporated into the classroom, for professional, and/or for personal use. (Topics may be altered / substituted with advanced notice). All modules include short assignments and mini-projects to demonstrate newly acquired skills.
Participants will receive details about their assignments through a course website, which will be given to you after registration. Not all course modules may be ready at once.
Dates / Times Offered: This course will be delivered online. There will be "office" hours where participants and the course facilitator will have the opportunity for live, online interaction and instruction, but the majority of the coursework can be completed on your own. There will be several "Begin" dates, which will allow for course participants to join into the class on a rolling basis.
Session #3 Begin Date #3: March 11, 20008
Office Hours will be from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. ALL participants will be required to check in during this time frame on their BEGIN date. It will last no longer than 30 minutes and the course introduction will be offered twice during that time period.
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